The last few days we have seen a spate of extra channels being allocated to Dialog TV packages such as Diamond & Pearl. These two were possibly some of the cheapest packages on Dialog TV & were designed to contain a bare minimum of channels.In case you wondering why there was a sudden change of heart, it's because competition has ...
Last night a software update has been made available to all Dialog TV subscribers who are using the HD Decoder. The update doesn't contain anything in terms of terms but is probably related to it's Internal functions. According to some SupremeSat 1 which was listed as a satellite is now longer on the list.This means that the rumored satellite switch ...
As of last Australia Plus is back on Dialog TV, the channel returned after a lapse of several weeks. In other recent developments Locally operated Catholic TV channel Verbum TV is to hit the airwaves time shared with EWTN. The time sharing method isn't clear for this but it is probably 12 hours per channel, you can check the Verbum ...
With effect from today Dialog TV has changed the channel positions of selected channels on their platform. Accordingly the new positions are as followsNHK World - Channel No. 1Discovery Turbo - Channel No. 85Setanta Sports - Channel No. 86The two additional empty slots created as a result of this has been renamed to "Test Transmission 1" & "Test Transmission 2". ...
The on going Cartoon Network saga underwent another surprising turn with the return of Cartoon Network Asia to Dialog TV. This decision was taken most likely after several complaints were raised regarding the Indianised nature of Cartoon Network India which consists of Indian accent English, Hindi toons, etc.This means that parents can now rest easy, however it seems that the ...
It's confirmed God TV will occupy Channel No. 21 on Dialog TV and EWTN will move to number 83, not the previously said number 94. We regret the error made regarding the channel number. This is indeed good news for subscribers who watch these channels. The time sharing which started in December 2011 has finally come to an end. Therefore ...
Over the last few days it has been noted that Star Channels have been restricting to programming to Sri Lanka citing territorial rights as an excuse. When it started on Star World Premiere HD with the blocking of "The Blacklist" it was assumed that this was due to AXN Asia also carrying the same programme. However this has now spread ...
In the aftermath of the recent changes to the Dialog TV lineup. Those non-Gold package subscribers who had subscribed to Discovery Turbo / Setanta Sports prior to the channels being shifted are eligible to receive the MPEG4 DVB-S2 STB Free of Charge. For those who haven't it is still available at a fee. Please see the information given below for ...
So are we seeing a move away from Indian feeds at Dialog TV? Seems so at least where available, with the decision of Dialog TV to replace Fox Crime India with Syfy Asia.To be fair it should be stated that Fox Crime India is closing down over this weekend, for some Dialog is citing a withdrawal of South Asian rights ...
According to reports reaching us, Learn TV/HTV have been removed and in place another Nenasa channel has being has added called "Nenasa Grade 10" and the other has been renamed as "Nenasa Grade 11".Nenasa has always been scrambled for subscribers, we are not sure if it will be available for subscribers hereafter, its likely that one of them will be ...
Dialog TV carried out a channel replacement yesterday that takes stupidity to a whole new level, pay sports channel "Neo Sports" has been replaced by free-to-air news channel "Russia Today". The move comes as a surprise since there was no indication to the subscribers that this was due to happen. The replacement took place all of a sudden last evening ...
Dialog TV which started testing Sirasa TV/Shakthi TV a couple of days ago, launched both the channels yesterday free of charge for all packages. This comes after over an year of rumours that the channels would be made available on Dialog TV.The Maharaja organisation which openly stated that pay television in Sri Lanka "will fail" and ridiculed the idea of ...
So with effect from yesterday Celestial Classic Movies seems to be officially launched on Dialog TV, since it is no longer on "Test" mode. It's clear that Dialog is targeting the expatriate community with channel. It's got English subtitles so no need to learn the language.The package allocations for this channel aren't clear as yet. In other news Fox Crime ...
With effect from yesterday Dialog TV added Sony KIX to Channel No. 77 which was previously occupied by Setanta SD feed. As a result this channel is now available FOC for all Gold package subscribers.Previously Gold package subscribers had to pay Rs 99 to watch Setanta, however the replacement Sony KIX has been made available on a FOC basis, however ...
Dialog TV added Setanta Sports HD with effect from yesterday. This now becomes the third HD sports channel on the platform. The content is exactly similar to what is provided on the SD feed.The channel is presently available FOC due to the promotion celebrating 500,000 subscribers but we expect it to be more highly priced than the present HD channels. ...
According to unconfirmed information reaching us, Dialog TV have commenced parallel uplinking to locally operated SupremeSAT also known as ChinaSAT. We believe it's still on the testing phase and upon testing Dialog TV will commence the process of aligning subscribers to the new satellite. It is said that Dialog TV's agreement with Intelsat will expire soon and Intelsat 12 is ...
Dialog is shooting itself in the foot by removing a non cricket centric channel that focuses on sporting events that the subcontinent based sports channels don't focus on June 21st. Eurosports telecasts all major cycling events, Rally championships, Athletics, Marathons, Winter sports & 24hr Le-man races to name a few. These sporting events are not too popular in a country ...
It has been over a month since we made our last blog post, and after the removal of MTV India from Dialog TV and the conversion of some channels to MPEG4 DVBS2 nothing significant has happened resulting in the prolonged drought in terms of posts.There were reports of non premiere subscribers receiving the MPEG4 DVB-S2 set-top box, not the same ...
Dialog does it again, the sports channel Eurosports that transmits many non-cricketing action such as Tennis, Cycling, Winter Sports is being replaced by a yet unnamed channel come Friday,June 21st 2013.The channel that will be added in favour of Eurosports is not known as yet, but it will likely be a sports channel, probably Star Sports 2, Sony Six or ...
The on going Cartoon Network saga underwent another surprising turn with the return of Cartoon Network Asia to Dialog TV. This decision was taken most likely after several complaints were raised regarding the Indianised nature of Cartoon Network India which consists of Indian accent English, Hindi toons, etc.This means that parents can now rest easy, however it seems that the ...